Michael Davies-Venn is an environmental public policy analyst and communication professional. Davies-Venn holds a Master in Public Policy from the Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany where he trained as an analyst, and a Master in Arts from the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom. He graduated (Summa cum laude), with a Bachelor of Science.
An interdisciplinary academic, his focus is transnational environmental governance on topics including global sustainability, climate change impacts on public health and climate mitigation and adaption. He employs diverse methodologies studying global governance frameworks, social and political challenges emerging from climate impacts, including inequities at the nexus of public health and climate change impacts.
Davies-Venn is a recipient of numerous awards from institutions in North America and Europe. He was named Junior Fellow in Ethics of the Anthropocene at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands, where he remains a researcher. His research is published including by academic publishers, International Politics Today Journal, and German political foundations such as Energy Transitions; Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung; European Union and Climate Strategies.
He was previously adjunct communication professor in the US and served as media consultant with the United Nations. Davies-Venn was formerly director of communication with a Canadian political party, and has advised politicians, UN diplomats, and policymakers.
He is a cosmopolitan, having lived and worked in several countries between continents. He presently lives in Berlin, Germany.
Research Keywords
climate change health impacts; global public health; climatic hazards; developing regions; pathogenic diseases and transmission
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